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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX

645 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



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PECOS-TERRELL-

645 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN TERRELL AND EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...



AT 636 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATIONS CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. ESTIMATIONS INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR 

IS FALLING UNDER THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY. U S 190 NORTH OF 

IRAAN REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY FROM WEST OF THE 

INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 349 TO IRAAN. FM 305 NORTH OF IRAAN 

IS STILL CLOSED FROM THE PECOS RIVER BRIDGE SOUTH TO U S 190. AND 

LASTLY...FM 2886 WEST OF IRAAN HAS BEEN REOPENED...BUT THE ROADWAY 

IS ROUGH DUE TO PAVEMENT WASHOUTS JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO HAVE REPORTED WATER RESCUES WITHIN THE 

WARNED AREA AS WELL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALL 

RESIDING IN THE AREA SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING 

THIS EVENING. PERSONS RESIDING IN AND NEAR SHEFFIELD SHOULD ALSO 

REMAIN ALERT AS LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLASH FLOODING IS SLOWLY SAGGING EASTWARD 

TOWARDS THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IRAAN AND 

SHEFFIELD



MOST FLOODING DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE... AND MANY OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT IS NEVER SAFE TO DRIVE ON FLOODED

ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER TO QUICKLY

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3039 10188 3030 10219 3039 10242 3068 10243

      3068 10194 3089 10194 3097 10213 3100 10215

      3099 10198 3092 10186 3070 10179 3067 10175

      3065 10166 3060 10164



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